
Al Zito
President
Al leads
the team at Avant. Before establishing Avant in 2000 he held the position of Director of Product Support at DASSAULT
FALCON and prior to that the Director of Product Support for K-C Aviation. Al has over 31 years experience.

Michael Lane
CFO
Michael manages the financial and accounting day to day activities for Avant. His prior experience
includes holding the position of Executive Director/Major Shareholder at Flightspares
Plc. Michael has over 34 years of experience.

JW Hunt
Account Executive
JW responds to daily requests from clients. His background is Avionics as well as with a broad range
of airframes while at Gulfstream/General Dynamics and K-C Aviation as Senior Sales Administrator. His
40 years of experience offers an invaluable resource for our customers.
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Chris Lesniak
Account Executive
Chris responds to the daily requests from clients as well
as leads the customer service effort. His background previously was as the Director of Sales at APPH-Houston/Arnoni
Aviation. Prior he was the Parts Manager at Beckett Enterprises. He has a total of 24 years experience

Dave Chirco
Regional Sales Representative
Dave is responsible for Sales and Marketing efforts and support
in the Eastern US. His background previously was with Dassault Falcon as a Regional
Account representative. He also holds a 4 year Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautics from Parks College. He
has a total of 27 years experience
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Steve Cramer
Manager of Materials
Steve has the responsibility of inventory management, including the large
Rotable Pool that Avant maintains. His prior experience was in Service Operations at Underwood Instrument Service and
prior as the Manager, Parts Department at Jet East. He started his career in aviation as the Warranty Administrator at Gates
Learjet. He has a total of 27 years experience

Stephanie Simpson
Administrative Assistant
Stephanie provides customer service and is responsible
for marketing activities and office management. Her prior experience at Home Depot for 18 years as Bookeeping/Computer
Room Lead and Return Goods Administrator

Phyllis Zito
Marketing
Phyllis is responsible for our Marketing and Customer communications.
Her prior experience was as the Support Services at the Hertz Corporation Corporate Headquarters and prior she was with AMRESCO
in the various IT positions

Scott Bedgood
VP-General Manager
Scott has the day to day responsibility of making
sure that all aspects of Avant operations are managed to the highest level!